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Warrant issued for fourth suspect

Quick work by officers of the Arima CID resulted in the arrest of three robbery suspects, shortly after a report was made by the victim. Reports revealed that around 2.30 am yesterday, Myron Gonzales, 24, of Valencia, was walking along Hollis Avenue, Arima, when he was approached by four men who proceeded to rob him. Gonzales was relieved of $380 and a cell phone valued $500 by the bandits who then ran away.

A report was made to the Arima CID, and a party of officers led by Ag Cpl Sheldon Sylvester and including PC Inskip Julien accompanied the victim to an area close to the robbery. Gonzales saw two of the suspects in Arima and pointed them out to the police. A chase ensued with the police in hot pursuit. The suspects jumped a wall and attempted to escape but they were apprehended by the party of officers. The two 18-year-old suspects were taken to the Arima Police Station where they were interrogated. The same officers went to Carapo Village, where they held another 18-year-old suspect and allegedly found 30 hand rolled marijuana cigarettes in his pockets. He was taken to the Arima Police Station. A fourth suspect is expected to be arrested shortly. Newsday learned that the three suspects will appear before an Arima Magistrate today charged with the offence. They will also be placed on identification parades for similar offences.

Cops seize two guns in Tunapuna and Rio Claro

Two guns were recovered in two separate incidents at Tunapuna and Rio Claro over the weekend.

Reports revealed that around 5.25 am yesterday, officers of the Tunapuna Police Station executed a search warrant at the home of a family of five and seized a 12 guage pump action shotgun and five live rounds of ammunition. Two women were among the five arrested. They were taken to the Tunapuna Police Station where they were charged with firearm offences and will appear before a Tunapuna Magis-trate today. On Saturday, around 11 am, two constables from the Guard and Emer-gency Branch were on patrol at Taba-quite Road, Rio Claro, when they saw a man walking along the roadway with a shotgun. The man fled the scene on seeing the officers.
Officers recovered the shotgun.

Eastern teams up with Kingston Credit Union

TWO OF the Caribbean’s leading financial co-operatives are in the process of establishing a strategic partnership, based on their common experiences in effectively servicing their thousandss of shareholders.

They are Jamaica’s City of  Kingston Credit Union (COK) and the Eastern Credit Union of Trinidad (ECU). Both organisations have respective memberships of thousands. In the case of COK, it has 160,000 members with three locations in Greater Kingston/Jamaica. ECU’s membership stands at well over 91,000. Last Thursday, the Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston body, Brenda Cuthbert met in Trinidad with the President of the ECU, Gary Cross and the Executive Management of ECU, to discuss areas of mutual collaboration.

Cuthbert revealed that her organisation’s credit administration outreach activities, product development and technological innovation, may be invaluable in developing a bilateral relationship with ECU. Eastern’s President, Gary Cross lauded the move by the two major financial co-operatives to forge ties as a milestone, in the Caribbean integration process for ordinary people. He stressed that an exchange of human resources will solidify the initiative. A team from the COK Credit Union will soon be visiting Trinidad and Tobago, to look at Eastern’s Call Centre operations. To match this move, a Trinidad and Tobago mission from Eastern Credit Union will visit Jamaica, to examine the Credit and Reecoveries practices of their counterparts in Jamaica.

Mark: Govt can’t call local polls yet

PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning cannot call Local Government Elections in Tri-nidad and Tobago until two major legislative obstacles are cleared out of the way by Parliament. This was the view expressed yesterday by United National Congress (UNC) chairman and Senate Opposition Leader, Wade Mark. At a People’s National Movement (PNM) public meeting in St Augustine on Saturday, speculation was rife that Manning would announce the date for those polls, but no such announcement was forthcoming from the Prime Minister.

Mark told Newsday that Manning knew he could not announce an election date because of two legislative hurdles standing in his way.  The first of these is the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill 2003 which comes up for debate in the Upper House tomorrow. The UNC chairman said Parliament must also debate a report from the Elections and Boundaries Commission to increase the number of local government seats from 124 to 126 and a redrawing of the boundaries for 50 electoral districts in Trinidad. He added that until these matters have been dealt with, no local government elections can be held. Mark claimed that Cabinet had illegally extended the life of  local government bodies.

The UNC chairman further alleged that the PNM had already started a campaign to give the ruling party “an unfair electoral advantage” over the Opposition in the upcoming elections. He claimed initiatives such as the On-The Job-Training (OJT) and the Community Environmental Protection and Environmental Programmes were being used by the PNM to campaign for the local government elections and assess PNM-UNC support in the various electoral districts.   “People are coming to the conclusion that Manning is not the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, he is the Prime Minister of the PNM,” Mark declared.

Carnival results

UCIC 2003 CARNIVAL RESULTS


JUNIOR PARADE OF BANDS (MINI) Sunday March 2, 2003

Position / Presentation Band  / Points

1st – Great Kings & Dancers of Africa Alvin Bailey – 190
2nd – We Can Fly Sapphire Promotions – 180
3rd – Myth Legends SLACS & Associates – 176


SMALL BANDS
1st – I Once Wrote A Story Classy Productions – 244
2nd – We Love Our Culture Kadisha Hernandez  – 231
3rd – Somewhere In The Caribbean Bois Canot – 228


MEDIUM BANDS
1st – hats Off To The Bailey Brothers Albert & Lee Ann Bailey – 274
2nd – Sweet Fuh So Gerard Kelly – 256
3rd – From Christmas To Carnival Marisa Gibson – 242


LARGE BANDS Sunday March 2, 2003
1st – Melting Pot Rosalind Gabriel – 256
2nd – Memories of Songs Michelle & Associates – 238
3rd – Pan In Paradise Winston Joseph – 201


JUNIOR MALE INDIVIDUAL
1st – King Albert Ishmael Garcia – 209
2nd – ”Adam” Micael-Jovan Ramkissoon – 208
3rd – Shaka King of Zulu Meshaek Joseph – 207


JUNIOR FEMALE INDIVIDUAL
1st – Coconut Woman Melissa Miller – 245
2nd – Queen Of The Cotton Harvest Raisa Thorne – 229
3rd – Nandi Mother Of Shaka Appollania Merle – 228


JUNIOR KING
1st – Beauty in Perpetuality Antonio Gomes – 244
2nd – Come Mister Tallyman Jordan Khan – 221
3rd – Illusion Of Fury Keighan Forde – 219

JUNIOR QUEEN
1st – The Spirit Of The Belle Dancer Nyssa Mendoza – 244
2nd – Sweet T&T Anna Marie Lee – 231
3rd – ”Ice Carving Alendra Bailey – 229


JOUVERT COMPETITION – Monday march 3, 2003


PARADE OF JOUVERT BANDS (SMALL)
1st  – Faces Fantasy Island – 174
2nd – Lovers In The Air Merry Darceuils – 149
3rd – A Trip To Hawaii TAKES Associates – 137


MEDIUM BANDS
1st – ”T&T Limers” Eastside Plaza – 173
2nd – Power Posse Tunapuna Music Makers – 160


LARGE BANDS
1st – Trinidad All Stars Beresford Hunte – 170
2nd – Marabuntas and Ants Kenrick Mc David – 149



MONDAY’S MAS – BAND OF THE DAY
Legends – Bedazzled


MALE INDIVIDUAL
1st – Kawnkiutal Dancer Ancil McLean – 203
2nd – Thunderbird Spirit Of The Totem C Browne – 187
3rd – Chief Red Cloud Rudolph Ryan – 181


FEMALE INDIVIDUAL
1st – Above The Snow Storm Jeanette Fraser – 224
2nd – Fire Storm Erica Jackman – 216
3rd – Spirit of Atlantis Juliet De Labastide – 202


KINGS
1st – D Sky Is The Limit Curtis Eustace – 204
2nd – Agony of Xtacy Roland St George – 195
3rd – Jungle Drums Derrick Constance – 193


QUEENS
1st – Fire Alana Ward – 236
2nd – Zero Degrees North Pamela Gordon – 203
3rd – Helen of Troy Dawn Baccus – 185


PARADE OF BANDS — Tuesday March 4, 2003


MINI BANDS
1st – Warriors of Hurracan – 165
2nd – Way Back When – 138
3rd – Ecology Of An Aqua Realm – 130


SMALL BANDS
1st – History In Fantasy – 220
2nd – De Boss Fancy Sailors – 192
3rd – Before The Hunt – 125


MEDIUM BANDS
1st – Gathering of the Tribes – 234
2nd – D’Awakening – 231
3rd – Saphyre – 178


LARGE BANDS
1st – Colours of the Wind  Masquerade and Funtasia – 242
2nd – Comme Ce Comme Ca Barbarossa – 242
3rd – Ship of Fools Callaloo Company – 226


PARADE OF STEELBANDS (SMALL)
1st – Blue Diamonds – 295
2nd – Solo Pan Knights – 288
3rd – BP Renegades – 272


PARADE OF STEELBANDS (MEDIUM)
1st – Trinidad All Stars – 205
2nd – Exodus – 164
3rd – PCS Starlift – 162



ARIMA CARNIVAL COMMITTEE


PAN-FEST STEELBAND COMPETITION 2003 Monday March 3, 2002

SINGLE PAN BANDS – RESULTS

Placings Steelbands Points
1st Arima All Stars 255
2nd Trinidad Nostalgic 254
3rd Brazil RX4 240
4th Magic Notes Rebirth 223


CONVENTIONAL BANDS


Placings Steelbands Points
1st Nutones 258
2nd Melodians 241
3rd Rhapsody Rebirth 240
4th Dale White’s Family and Friends 232
5th Simple Song 209


ARIMA CALYPSO MONARCH 2003
1st Colin Jackman
2nd Kension Neptune
3rd Eric James
4th Kathy Ann Sarjeant
5th Sheldon Nugget
5th Patrick Lewis
7th Java Caesar
8th Natasha Nurse
9th Jason Benn
10th Eunice Peters


JUNIOR CALYPSO MONARCH 2003
1st Tenaj Smith Arima Girls’ RC School
2nd Shanice John Arima Centenary’ RC School
3rd Makisha Mc Lean Arima Girls’ RC School 
4th Roderick Gordon St Augustine Sen. Comp
5th Ashley Borris Arima Girls’ RC School
5th Marcell Bennett Holy Cross College
7th Cutrese Skeete El Dorado Sen Comp
8th Chaverne Ali Lakshmi Girls
9th Kimberly Lewis El Dorado Sen Comp
10th Amrika Mutroo Woodbrook Secondary
10th Marian Pamponette Toco Composite
12th Jahira Harris  Arima Girls’ RC School
13th Kwesi Jeffers        St Augustine Community College
14th Phill Dyer Sangre Grande Junior Sec
15th Meda Ellis Arima Centenary School


JUNIOR CARNIVAL


LARGE BANDS
1st Arima Boys’ RC School ”Save, Preserve and   Conserve”
2nd Malabar RC School Call That George
3rd Cunapo RC School Memories
4th PEPS Kindergarten ASA


SMALL BANDS
1st Shelisa Pre School          Colours and Shapes
2nd GBM Associates               We Kind of Chefeez
3rd Mas Company                   Fancy Sailor
4th Eugene and Associates      Kings and Angels
4th Lil Prep School                  Spiderman and Friends
6th Marcelline Alexander          It Cost Money To Play Mas
7th Pan On The Move Return of the Aztec


JUNIOR KINGS
1st Anthony Lewis Arima Boys’ RC Tobago’s     Wonder
2nd Atiba Bradshaw Malabar RC School Pan in yuh    Pan
3rd Johance Liverpool PEPS Kindergarten Proud as a    Peacock


JUNIOR QUEEN
1st Patrice Mohammed A Toast to Recycling
2nd Chelsea Perrotte Malabar RC School   Iere Humming Bird
3rd Shanice Gogan PEPS Kindergarten   Queen Bee


INDIVIDUAL
Aaron George Arima Boys’ RC School   The Hills on Fire

QUEEN OF THE BANDS – 2003
1st Margaret Edmund Somewhere in Africa
2nd Patricia Bailey La Cuna Dancing Spirit
3rd Nicole Parker Supreme Angel of Light
4th Karen S Nelson Return T’dad to Paradise
5th Eleanor Cumberbatch Virgin Princess of the Ashanti     Tribe
6th Francilla Audain Princess Shera
7th Collette Dottin Goddess Itzpapaloti
9th Donna Bideshi Happy Birthday TT
9th Vanessa Austin Creamy Sensation


KING OF BANDS – 2003
1st Dave Lakhan Blue Moon Visitor
2nd Stephen David Witch Doctor
3rd Lloyd Daniel Flight of the Dragon
4th Blate Brathwaite The Magical Bird
5th Patrick Picton Viking I


JOUVERT BOMB COMPETITION


SINGLE PAN
1st Dale White Family and Friends 157
2nd Arima All Stars 149
3rd Pan on the Move 147
4th Brazil RX4 126
5th Nu Pioneers Pan Groove 122
6th Magic Notes 121
7th Marsicans Steel Orchestra 113


CONVENTIONAL
1st Rhapsody Steel Orchestra 145
2nd Simple Song Steel Orchestra 144
3rd Melodians 127


JOUVERT BANDS
1st A Fabric Sale
2nd Mt Pleasant Trini to D’Bone
3rd A Pan Jumbie and His Clowns
4th Fazina and Feroze Charlie – Trini to de Bone
5th We Blue Vex


KING OF JOUVERT
Pan Jumbie Simmons Affonso


QUEEN OF JOUVERT
Printed Key Anna and Car Key – A Fabric Sale 
Kelly James


INDIVIDUAL
Lace at Bottom Price – A Fabric Sale


MONDAY EVENING 2003
1st Trini Patriots Arkadians Sports Club
2nd Dancing with Colours Mt Pleasant Mas Committee


CARNIVAL TUESDAY 2003
1st Tribal Call Rudolph Bailey
2nd Desire and Pride Claire Moreau
3rd Rays of Light GBM Associates of Lopinot


SMALL BANDS
1st All That Splendour  Good Hope Associates
2nd Tribal Fantasy  Jucyn Crew
3rd Somewhere in the Universe  Lloyd Daniel
4th Sails    Mt Pleasant Mas Committee


MALE INDIVIDUAL
Fenrick Graves Montezuma Tribal Call


FEMALE INDIVIDUAL
Susan Guerra Carib Queen Tribal Call


PAN AND MAS
Return of the Aztecs Pan on the Move Mas Committee

Taylor (5/42) has TT on the run

AFTER his first innings duck, Trinidad and Tobago opener Andy Jackson came to the party with an innings of 90 runs, but his team was still facing defeat at the end of  the third day of their Carib Beer Cricket Series clash at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday.

Scores: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 218 and 195/6  vs JAMAICA 332.

Trinidad and Tobago wrapped up  the last four Jamaican wickets for just 47 runs in the morning session. And the  Trinidad and Tobago team fought back to reach 154 for two wickets before fastbowler Jerome Taylor ripped apart the middle order to leave Jamaica poised for victory on the final day today, with the Trinidadians enjoying only an  81-run lead with four wickets intact. Starting his innings in typical aggressive fashion with shots all around the Oval ground, Jackson thrilled the small crowd.  However, with the score at 37 he lost fellow opener Imran Jan for just seven runs. Soon after the impressive Taylor yorked Dwayne Bravo for 11 to reduce the locals to 56 for two wickets.

At this point it looked as if Trinidad and Tobago would fold quickly but Jackson with his bold methods and the solid Ganga posted a determined 98-run  third wicket partnership to save face for the locals. Jackson raced to his 50 off just 64 balls in 93 minutes with seven fours and a six and with Ganga playing solidly took Trinidad and Tobago to 154 before Taylor struck again. Jackson going into his shell once in the eighties could never regain his fluency and he touched a delivery to wicketkeeper Hibbert with his score on 90. Soon after Zaheer Ali who replaced him, was back in the pavilion for two and the Jamaicans were in their glory again. With the score reading 157 for four,  a lot depended on skipper Ganga, but when he had scored 39, he was bowled by Taylor not offering a stroke.

Lincoln Roberts who has disappointed since his double hundred against the West Indies “B”, fell 10 runs later to Taylor for a duck and Trinidad and Tobago were in tatters on 166 for six wickets. First innings saviour Dave Mohammed then joined Lendl Simmons and they battled to the end of the day without being separated with Simmons on 23 not out and Mohammed one. Earlier in the day the talented Mohammed grabbed his fifth wicket as Jamaica folded. Gareth Breese, resuming on 81 not out, was unlucky to fall just two runs short of his century, trapped leg before by Dwayne Bravo.

Barbados take Carib Beer Cup

BRIDGETOWN: Barbados swiftly demolished the Leeward Islands by seven wickets inside three days of the key sixth round Carib Beer Series 2003 match yesterday to romp to an unprecedented 18th regional first-class title with a game to spare. On a sensational morning during which rain curtailed play by 25 minutes, the Leewards crashed from an overnight 94 for four to 98 all out in 35 balls as fast bowling pair Tino Best and Ian Bradshaw went on the rampage. Best ended with four for 26 to push his tally of wickets for the season to 28, while Bradshaw picked up two for 26 — a match haul of six for 89 — and 25 wickets so far as the Leewards survived for just 37 minutes.

Set 57 for victory, Courtney Browne’s team triumphed in 12 overs — 22 minutes before lunch. It was Barbados’ fourth victory of the season with all four completed within three days as they cruised to 60 points, leaving pre-round second  placed Leewards on 34 points. While Browne pointed to a well-prepared and experienced unit for his team’s success, Leewards’ team manager Elquemedo Willett said he was “stunned” by the incredible batting collapse.“We were well prepared and our experience pulled us through. We played very well this season,” an elated Browne said. “This year we played very well. Our experience over the other teams obviously was great and team commitment is something that we tried to drill in the guys every day and I thought in the end that brought us through.”

Sitting next to Browne in the Peter Short Media Centre, Willett could not hide his disappointment. “I am very, very disappointed. I am shocked as a matter of fact,” the former West Indies left-arm spinner said. “I can’t understand it. I just don’t know. We just didn’t fight (yesterday) morning. I am trying to figure out what happened this morning. I can’t put my finger on it. The Leewards suffered an immediate setback when left-hander Ian Tittle, who topscored with 26, drove the first ball of the day from Best for an easy catch to cover. Rain forced the players off the field after just nine balls. Just after play resumed, Omari Banks, who started the day on three, was caught at the wicket by Browne off Bradshaw.

Woolmer wants Windies coaching job

PORT ELIZABETH: Bob Woolmer could become the new West Indies coach at the end of the World Cup.

The former South Africa coach has confirmed he was interviewed by the West Indies’ four national selectors — including Sir Viv Richards — early last week in Kimberley. “I had been told by a good friend and Dr Rudi Webster (former Warwickshire bowler and director of the West Indies academy) the job would soon be vacant and he asked whether I wanted to submit my CV, which I did,” Woolmer told the BBC Sport website. “I had a two-and-a-half hour meeting with the West Indies selection panel in Kimberley early last week. “I am not sure what will come of it. It is up to them to call me now. But it goes without saying, for the meeting to last as long as it did means it was encouraging on both sides.” The former England all-rounder added: “The one thing I did make clear was if I was going to coach a national side again I would expect to be able to implement the various techniques that I have developed over the years. “But I am interested in the job. Otherwise I would not have expressed my interest.”

Guyana grab first innings points

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana yesterday picked up first innings points from India “A”, reaching 375 all out in reply to 249 made by the visitors during their sixth-round Carib Beer cricket match.

Scores: INDIA “A” 249 and 136/0. GUYANA 375.

Resuming overnight at 212 for six, determined late order batting from Guyana helped the team to a 126-run lead, thanks to 88 from skipper Neil McGarrell, 78 from Travis Dowlin and 21 from debutante pacer Eusan Crandon. McGarrell struck 13 boundaries in his innings that included an eight wicket partnership of 56 with Dowlin, 41 with pacer Rayon Griffith and 50 with Crandon to ensure a sizable first innings lead. Dowlin struck nine fours and a six. When India batted just after tea, openers Akash Chopra and Gautam Gambhir tore into the uninspired Guyana bowling, taking the score to 136 without loss in a mere 35 overs in 139 minutes. The two struck 18 boundaries, mainly from crisp straight drives and lofted shots over the infield, treating the sparse crowd of about 300 spectators to some brilliant stroke play.

India, Sri Lanka to settle score

JOHANNESBURG: India and Sri Lanka head into today’s World Cup Super Six game at The Wanderers with an unsettled score to resolve and semi-final qualification at stake.

India’s jittery win over Kenya in Cape Town on Friday has put them in position to qualify for the last four while Sri Lanka know they need a quick recovery from their demoralising defeat against Australia. The last time the two sides met they could not be separated. The final of the Champions Trophy in Colombo last September started twice but was abandoned both times due to rain before the title was shared.  The teams will thus go into the game with something to prove to each other, but India captain Sourav Ganguly says the Colombo wash-out will not be uppermost in his players’ minds. “That is in the past,” Ganguly said after defeating Kenya. “The World Cup is a much bigger stage. We are almost in the semi-finals.” An Indian victory today will guarantee them that. Defeat for Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will leave them precariously placed. To qualify, they would have to beat Zimbabwe in their final Super Six match in East London and hope Kenya are unable to find a win — or indeed two points from a washed-out game — in their next two games.  

Teams:  INDIA (possible) –  Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Saurav Ganguly (capt), Mohammad Kaif, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra.
SRI LANKA (possible) – Sanath Jayasuriya (capt), Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Aravinda De Silva, Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillakaratne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Pulasthi Gunaratne.